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Los Alamos Public Schools is looking for parents to try out potential new versions of their websites. Parents new to the community and parents of current elementary, middle and high schoolers are needed. Email Colin MacArthur at c.macarthur@laschools.net or call 629-0776 to schedule a time to help.

Kiwanis meeting

Kiwanis meets each Tuesday, noon to 1 p.m., at the Masonic Temple, on Sage, near the intersection of 15th and Canyon. July 10-Kiwanian Paul Cunningham will speak on a recent trip to Alaska that he and his wife, Mary, took. He says he will “focus on dogs and lights.”

Candidates for citizenship had a picture perfect setting at Bandelier National Monument on the Fourth of July. It is the first time in its history the monument has hosted a naturalization ceremony.

The event was one of a series of United States Citizens and Immigration Services (USCIS) ceremonies commemorating America’s 236th birthday. More than 4,000 new citizens are being welcomed during special events from June 28 through July 10 across the United States and overseas.

Chief Ranger Tom Betts was the impetus behind the event as well as the keynote speaker. When he discovered that the USCIS had been hosting ceremonies in national parks for the last 10 years, he and Superintendent Jason Lott were eager to host one.

Los Alamos Commerce and Development Corporation (LACDC) volunteers and staff got their first glimpse of the new White Rock Visitor Center last week. The group took in features of the contemporary structure that will showcase Los Alamos County to visitors from around the world.

Project manager Victor Martinez led the tour of the 3,281-square-foot facility. Few of the interior design elements have been completed, but Martinez helped the group envision the final product.

The building is designed to underscore White Rock’s natural attractions. The entire front wall is two-stories of glass with views of the landscape and New Mexico’s skies. Every side of the building has windows and doors providing glimpses of the scenery.

Los Alamos County is hosting a Fourth of July Celebration at Overlook Park today but there will not be a fireworks display for the second consecutive year.

Los Alamos County also passed a resolution in June, outlawing the use of fireworks.

According to a press release from the Kiwanis Club, the decision was made in consultation with the Los Alamos Fire Department. They cited the dangerously dry conditions embracing Northern New Mexico.

All other activities, including Atomic City Transit to the park, will go on as planned. There will be music by the Nomads and Community Winds, a display by the Habanero Skydivers at both 50 and 8:15, food vendors, and “Ton O Fun” Bouncy Toys.

Today's Los Alamos Monitor features the Declaration of Independence on the front page. We urge you to read it; read it aloud with your family and friends to gain a renewed understanding of the courage and foresight of the founding fathers, who at great personal risk, made a break with England.

The core concepts of this document remain as important and valid today as they were at the signing 237 years ago.

We wish to thank--and urge you to support--the advertisers who participated this effort. You'll see their ads featured thoughout today's newspaper.

In the event you don't have a copy of the paper handy, here's the Declaration of Independence:

IN CONGRESS, JULY 4, 1776

The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America

When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

Atomic City Transit is once again providing a Shuttle Service to Overlook Park this Fourth of July. Even though the fireworks have been canceled, the various fun events will go on! Buses will circulate from both Sullivan Field in Los Alamos and Pinon Elementary School in White Rock to Overlook Park and back every 10 - 15 minutes from 4-11 p.m.

Los Alamos Public Schools is looking for parents to try out potential new versions of their websites. Parents new to the community and parents of current elementary, middle and high schoolers are needed. Email Colin MacArthur at c.macarthur@laschools.net or call 629-0776 to schedule a time to help.

Kiwanis meeting

Kiwanis meets each Tuesday, noon to 1 p.m., at the Masonic Temple, on Sage, near the intersection of 15th and Canyon. July 10-Kiwanian Paul Cunningham will speak on a recent trip to Alaska that he and his wife, Mary, took. He says he will “focus on dogs and lights.”